Sentence examples for wise authority from inspiring English sources

Every twist of character, landscape and plot is iconic, from the wise authority of Aslan, the icy wickedness of the Witch, the enchantment of walking through fur coats in the wardrobe to the snows of Narnia.

I prefer to consult an even wiser authority, Warren Buffett, the Omaha investment genius who is one of the world's richest men (and he still lives in Omaha), even cleverer than Jacob Rees Mogg if Private Eye's reporting on their investment fund management skills is any guide.

That memory haunts me to this day because back then we thought of our teachers as greater than human -- strong, resolute, wise... authority figures, duly feared and/or respected.

Wise, a longstanding authority on the spy business, explains how a turncoat of no great intellect or skill escaped detection for two decades of bumbling by several intelligence services, including the K.G.B., which never learned his identity though he had betrayed to it many American agents or targets of C.I.A. recruitment.

Nancy Marchand, the distinguished character actress who excelled at playing wise and imperious authority figures -- newspaper publishers, queens, grande dames and a madam -- and who achieved perhaps her greatest fame as the domineering mother of a mob boss in the television series "The Sopranos," died on Sunday at her home in Stratford, Conn., one day short of her 72nd birthday.

Dr. Meselson, too, expected innovation, saying that "It would be wise for the authorities to be one step ahead, as I assume they are".

Among people who knew him, stories abound of his gifts of healing, premonition and wise counsel; the authorities were simply recognising something the faithful knew already.Especially in Christianity, then, recognising saints has always been a mixture of top-down and bottom-up.

The Duke was a Fascist only for convenience, but he felt it wise to exert his authority.

But fans — who have joked about calling the new stadium Taxpayer Field or Debits Field— may think the authority was wise to guard against the future expense of changing signs in the station if the bank goes bust.

The UK and US authorities got wise and shut the traffic down.

Compared with, say, Latin America, a low proportion of the overall risk premium stems from a fear that the government might do something to frighten investors away.South Africa's authorities seem wise to the difficulties a falling rand might cause.